Liberal's Bill Maher tweeted, "Obama made a
lot of great points tonight. Unfortunately, most of them were for Romney."
MSNBC host Ed Schultz said, Obama "created a problem for himself."
Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley accidentally referred to Romney as
"President" on live television. According to CNN polls, 67 percent of
voters said Romney won while just 25 percent felt Obama won.
The Weekly Standard said "Mitt
Romney stood and delivered the best debate performance by a Republican
presidential candidate in more than two decades." MSNBC host
Joe Scarborough tweeted," Tonight's debate has changed the trajectory of
this race." Republican National Committee Chairman said,” I think tonight
will go down as one of the most historical lop-sided debates in history."
The Weekly Standard wrote,” In a thoroughly dominating performance,
Romney bested Barack Obama in both tone and substance. Obama often found
himself at the end of a verbal cul-de-sac, seemingly unaware of how he'd ended
up there."
As I watched the debate I paid close attention to the demeanors of
the two men. Obama spent much of the time listening to Romney by looking down at
his notes as if he was searching for some magical teleprompter to pop up because he did not appear to be on top of his game when speaking. Many times he
stuttered and paused searching for the words to pitch for his reelection. When
he did finally look Romney in the eye it usually ended with a smirk and a shake
of the head. When Obama spoke he addressed the camera as if he was speaking to
the American people.
On the other hand, Romney looked Obama straight
into the eye when he was speaking. He spoke strong and stern while making his
points easy for the people to understand. When he listened to Obama speak he
still kept his eyes fixed on him as if he was just waiting for him to stop
speaking so he could straighten out the facts that Obama just tried to twist.
I felt Romney showed respect, dignity, and strength
in the face of the President. And I believe that is what most Americans saw as
they watched the debate. They saw a man that can be strong and lead when he wins
the election. The most critically clutch moment in the debate in my opinion
was when Romney referenced the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
to describe what he feels is the role of the government:
“The role of government is to promote
and protect the principles of those documents. First, life and liberty. We have
a responsibility to protect the lives and liberties of our people, and that
means the military, second to none. I do not believe in cutting our military. I
believe in maintaining the strength of America’s military.
Second, in that line that says, we
are endowed by our Creator with our rights -- I believe we must maintain our
commitment to religious tolerance and freedom in this country. That statement
also says that we are endowed by our Creator with the right to pursue happiness
as we choose. I interpret that as, one, making sure that those people who are
less fortunate and can’t care for themselves are cared by -- by one another.
We’re a nation that believes we’re
all children of the same God. And we care for those that have difficulties --
those that are elderly and have problems and challenges, those that disabled,
we care for them. And we look for discovery and innovation, all these thing
desired out of the American heart to provide the pursuit of happiness for our
citizens.
But we also believe in maintaining
for individuals the right to pursue their dreams, and not to have the
government substitute itself for the rights of free individuals. And what we’re
seeing right now is, in my view, a -- a trickle-down government approach which
has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their
dreams. And it’s not working.
And the proof of that is 23 million people out of
work. The proof of that is one out of six people in poverty. The proof of that
is we’ve gone from 32 million on food stamps to 47 million on food stamps. The
proof of that is that 50 percent of college graduates this year can’t find
work.”
It speaks for itself. Last nights debate may be the beginning of a turn around that will lead to Romney’s 2012 election.
Next debate is on October 11th between Vice President Joe Biden and Romney running
mate Paul Ryan. Be sure to watch it!
